LHUCA Literary Series

Name: LHUCA Literary Series
Start: 2025-02-21T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-21T21:30:00-06:00
Location: 511 Avenue K, Lubbock, TX, United States, Texas 79401

Schedule

Fri Feb 21 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

511 Avenue K, Lubbock, TX, United States, Texas 79401 | Lubbock, TX

LHUCA and the Texas Tech Department of English invite you to the LHUCA Literary Series for an evening of literary exploration. Light refreshments and drinks will be provided. This event is free and open to the public.
The LHUCA Literary Series will feature live readings by visiting writer Aracelis Girmay, along with contributions from Nimalah Baaith-Ducharme, a graduate reader from the Texas Tech Department of English, and Henry Ainsworth, an undergraduate reader. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear both emerging and established writers!
Aracelis Girmay is a poet who makes works across genres. She is the author of the poetry collections the black maria (BOA, 2016), Kingdom Animalia (BOA, 2011), and Teeth (Curbstone, 2007). For this work she was a finalist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Her books have also been named finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the Connecticut Book Award. She has received fellowships from the Whiting Foundation, Civitella Ranieri, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Cave Canem Foundation, among others. Girmay is the author of the forthcoming chapbook, and was a flower, made in collaboration with book artist Valentina Améstica. Other recent work includes a picture book collaboration with her sister entitled What Do You Know? and the forthcoming picture book collaboration with artist Diana Ejaita entitled Kamau and Zuzu Find A Way, both with Enchanted Lion Books. Recent works (poetry and prose) have been published or are forthcoming in Astra, The Paris Review online, Periphery Journal, Jewish Currents, The New York Times Magazine, and e-flux.
Girmay is the editor of How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton (BOA, 2020) and So We Can Know: Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth (Haymarket Books, 2023). She is on the editorial board of the African Poetry Book Fund and is the editor-at-large of the Blessing the Boats Selections (BOA Editions).
https://english.stanford.edu/people/aracelis-girmay